Re: Download installed .debs??

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 11:39, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> Lars Jensen wrote:
> > How do I re-download copies installed .deb packages that are already on
> > my system? apt-get won't download a package that is already installed.
> 
> apt-get install --reinstall <packagename>
> (It'll use the cached .deb's in /var/cache/apt/archives when it finds
> it, though)
> 
> If you really want to _download_ new, rm that deb from the directory
> and run the above command.

Instead of rm'ing the file, how about:
# apt-get -d install --reinstall <packagename>
          ^^

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